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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Joycelyn Uy

Fourteen Asymptomatic US Citizens Detained at Army Base Under Trump Ebola Mandate: Experts Question Policy

Locals in Bunia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, are suffering amid the ebola outbreak. (Credit: © European Union, 2026, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons/Wikimedia Commons)

Fourteen asymptomatic American citizens, including two young teenagers and a 70‑year‑old relative, were held in quarantine for four days at a New York Army base after returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo under a Trump‑era Ebola mandate.

According to federal records, the group, which included recently naturalised citizens, arrived via Canada and were stopped at land borders last Thursday despite showing no symptoms.

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